Table 3.

The hypothesized domains and the factor loadings of each Modified Barium Swallow Impairment Profile component.

Hypothesized domain	Comp. no.	Component name	Factor 1	Factor 2
Oral	1	Lip closure	0.77	−0.08
	2	Tongue control during bolus hold	0.74	−0.02
	3	Bolus preparation/mastication	0.72	0.07
	4	Bolus transport/lingual motion	0.76	−0.01
	5	Oral residue	0.71	0.05
	6	Initiation of pharyngeal swallow	0.52	0.18
Pharyngeal	7	Soft palate elevation	0.11	0.46
	8	Laryngeal elevation	0.08	0.75
	9	Anterior hyoid excursion	0.05	0.76
	10	Epiglottic movement	−0.08	0.81
	11	Laryngeal vestibular closure	0.05	0.75
	12	Pharyngeal stripping wave	−0.05	0.81
	13	Pharyngeal contraction (A/P view)	−0.01	0.64
	14	Pharyngoesophageal segment opening	−0.11	0.75
	15	Tongue base retraction	0.26	0.59
	16	Pharyngeal residue	0.04	0.81
Esophageal	17	Esophageal clearance, upright position (A/P view)	−0.05	0.19

Note. Factor loadings greater than 0.4 are marked bold and indicate which components can be considered a substantive part of each factor. Comp. = component; A/P = anterior/posterior.